US Congress House Bill 5310 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on May 13 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-05-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to: (1) include nonprofit organizations within the meaning of "eligible entity" for purposes of brownfields revitalization funding; (2) increase the limit on the maximum amount of a grant for brownfields remediation for each site; (3) authorize the President to transfer any duties under the brownfield remediation grant program to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (4) revise eligibility requirements for brownfields revitalization funding; (5) require the Administrator to establish a program to provide multi-purpose grants to inventory, characterize, assess, conduct planning related to, or remediate brownfield sites in an area; (6) require the Administrator to establish a program to make competitive grants to be used at brownfield sites for projects that reduce environmental impact, increase community livability, and encourage sustainability; (7) authorize the Administrator to assign EPA employees to entities servings small, disadvantaged, or rural communities to build local capacity for the remediation and revitalization of brownfield sites in such communities; (8) increase and extend funding for brownfields revitalization; (9) require at least 7.5% of such funding to be used to carry out projects that reduce environmental impact, increase community livability, and encourage sustainability; and (10) increase and extend funding for state response programs established under such Act.

Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2010

Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-05-14		Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2010-05-13		Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2010-05-13		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2010-05-13		Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/5310/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr5310/BILLS-111hr5310ih.pdf